Dr. Jose Chavez, M.D.
What this data tells you about Dr. Chavez
Dr. Jose Chavez is an internal medicine specialist in The Woodlands, TX, with 16 years of NPI registration. Based on federal Medicare data, Dr. Chavez performed 1,978 Medicare services across 1,640 unique beneficiaries.
Between the years covered by Open Payments, Dr. Chavez received a total of $8,678 from 30 pharmaceutical and/or device companies across 215 individual payments. These payments are legal, publicly disclosed under the federal Sunshine Act, and common in internal medicine. Most payments are for meals and travel — low-value interactions common across virtually all practicing physicians. Patients may wish to discuss these relationships with their provider.
The Data Coverage level for Dr. Chavez is Very High — reflecting how much public federal data is available about this provider. This is not a quality rating. Patients are encouraged to use this data as one of several factors when choosing a healthcare provider.
Medicare Practice Summary
Medicare Utilization ↗Top procedures by volume
Ranked by number of services performed for Medicare patients. Avg. submitted charge is what the provider billed; avg. Medicare payment is what CMS paid.
| Procedure | Volume | Avg. paid | Avg. submitted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Office visit, established patient (30-39 min) | 385 | $86 | $256 |
| Electrocardiogram (EKG), 12-lead | 254 | $10 | $30 |
| Initial hospital admission, high complexity | 123 | $131 | $351 |
| Regadenoson injection (Lexiscan) for heart stress test | 112 | $43 | $122 |
| Echocardiogram, transthoracic | 107 | $138 | $397 |
| Office visit, established patient, complex (40-54 min) | 94 | $130 | $360 |
| Hospital follow-up visit, moderate complexity | 88 | $59 | $157 |
| Initial hospital admission, moderate complexity | 83 | $100 | $262 |
| Use of a drug to induce depression of consciousness by physician performing a procedure (5 years or older), initial 15 minutes | 82 | $9 | $58 |
| Repair of left upper heart chamber with implant with review by radiologist | 78 | $579 | $1,578 |
| Hospital follow-up visit, high complexity | 73 | $90 | $235 |
| Exercise or drug-induced heart stress test with electrocardiogram (ecg) with supervision by physician | 55 | $15 | $42 |
| New patient office visit (45-59 min) | 47 | $111 | $336 |
| Office visit, established patient (20-29 min) | 41 | $66 | $182 |
| Nuclear medicine studies of heart muscle at rest and with stress and spect | 40 | $287 | $754 |
| Technetium tc-99m sestamibi, diagnostic, per study dose | 37 | $29 | $864 |
| Cardiac catheterization | 34 | $151 | $586 |
| Exercise or drug-induced heart stress test with electrocardiogram (ecg) | 33 | $21 | $72 |
| Exercise or drug-induced heart stress test with electrocardiogram (ecg) with review by physician | 25 | $11 | $28 |
| Coronary stent placement | 22 | $433 | $1,179 |
| Ultrasound of heart, follow-up | 22 | $19 | $50 |
| Remote pacemaker monitoring, 90 days | 21 | $21 | $60 |
| Replacement of aortic valve through the skin and femoral artery | 15 | $570 | $3,018 |
| Repair of mitral valve through the skin, initial prosthesis | 15 | $1,164 | $3,344 |
| Telephone medical discussion with physician, 11-20 minutes | 15 | $54 | $182 |
| Review by radiologist of abdominal aorta and both leg arteries image | 14 | $67 | $188 |
| Review by radiologist of arm or leg artery image | 13 | $64 | $166 |
| Ultrasound of heart with probe in esophagus, with report | 13 | $83 | $212 |
| Insertion of tube in coronary artery for diagnosis with review by radiologist | 13 | $90 | $477 |
| Ultrasound of heart blood flow, valves and chambers | 12 | $14 | $36 |
| Ultrasound of heart with color-depicted blood flow, rate and valve function | 12 | $2 | $6 |
Industry Payment Transparency
Open Payments through 2024 ↗Payment profile
Industry payments classified by relationship type. Not all payments are equal — research and consulting reflect different relationships than speaking programs or meals.
Payment trend by year
Annual totals from pharmaceutical and medical device companies.
Payments by company (2024)
Associated products mentioned in payments ›
Most payments (100%) are for meals and travel — low-value interactions that are common across virtually all practicing physicians. Total industry engagement is in the top 10% for internal medicine in TX.
Geographic Context
4.2 mi
Data Sources
| Provider Registry | ✓ NPPES | Weekly updates |
| Medicare Enrollment | ✓ PECOS | Monthly updates |
| Practice Data | ✓ Medicare Util. | Annual (CY lag) |
| Industry Payments | ✓ Open Payments | CY 2024 |
| Disciplinary History | — Not public | N/A |
This provider has data in 4 of 4 available federal datasets, with a Data Coverage level of Very High. This measures how much public data is available about a provider — not how good they are. How we calculate this →
Summary
Dr. Chavez is a clinical cardiology specialist, with above-average Medicare volume (top 18% in TX), with low-engagement industry engagement in the top 10% of TX peers, with 16 years of NPI registration.
This summary is auto-generated from federal data. It describes data availability and patterns — not clinical quality. Read our methodology →
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All data on this page is sourced verbatim from public federal records published by the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS): NPPES ↗, Open Payments ↗, Medicare Provider Utilization ↗, and PECOS. Publication is mandated by the Physician Payments Sunshine Act (§6002 ACA, 42 U.S.C. §1320a-7h) and the Freedom of Information Act.
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